Paper-bag and twine holder



(No Model.)

0. A. LOWRY. PAPER BAG AND TWINE HOLDER.

Patented Aug. 20, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

CHARLES ARMSTRONG LOVVRY, OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

PAPER-BAG AND TWINE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,213, dated August 20, 1889. Application filed April 13, 1889. Serial No. 307,093- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES ARMSTRONG LOWRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Paper-Bag and Twine Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to paper-bag and twine holders.

The object of my invention is to provide a convenient device suitable for hanging over counters, particularly in grocery shops, for the purpose of holding bags and twine, and to serve as an auxiliary in filling said bags, when desired.

To this end I construct my device in the manner described in the following specification, and with such novel features as will be particularly set forth in the claims at the end of the same.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the same with the handle removed or broken away. Fig. 4c is a transverse sectional view taken through the valve.

My device consists of a conical body A, provided with three or more cylinders appendant thereto and intersecting therewith, as shown at B in Fig. 1. The tops of these cylinders are flush with the inner surface of the cone and are never allowed to project thereabove in my preferred form. Fitting closely within the outer cone and closing in the openings of the cylinders B is the removable cone D. This is preferably of tin, as is the whole body of the device, an d should be smooth within, in order to allow of the easy passage of any substance poured therein. This cone is provided with a handle D for the purpose of removal from the outer cone, when, for instance, it may be desired to renew the twine. Around the upper rim of the outer cone there are set a number of hooks E, as shown in Figs. 1 and Issuing from the mouth of the outer cone and depending therefrom is a cylindrical outlet O, through the side of which there projects a wire handle G. \Vithin the outletcylinder this wire takes a horizontal direction, and upon the same is borne a circular valve G. (Shown partly opened in Fig. Q. The end of the handle G plays over a spring-wire G which is attached, by solder or otherwise, to the side of the cylinder G, and is provided with a loop partly embracing the end of the handle G when the valve G is shut.

The holders B are provided with apertures B, whereby the twine issues and through which it may be drawn by the salesman.

The hooks forholding the bags may be numbered, as shown in Fig. 1, to indicate the size of bag going upon each.

The advantages of my device appear in the compact distribution of the twine balls and bags, whereby three men (in the case shown) may be employed all at once in tying. A further advantage appears in the possibility offered by my device of dispensing altogether with the cumbersome and awkward counter or scale funnel ordinarily used by grocers. After weighing his tea, coii'ee, or sugar, the grocer tears off a bag, places his wares in the inner funnel D, which is in place over the twine-holders, puts the mouth of the bag over the outlet-cylinder, and then opens the valve G, allowing the tea or coffee to pour into the bag, the end of the string being right at hand, and in a moment the bag can be slipped off the cylinder and the twine wound, tied, and cut.

WVhat I claim is- 1. A funnel provided with a suspensionbail extending transversely across the mouth thereof and provided with a series of paperbag-receivinghooks, substantially'as specified.

2. An outer funnel, and twine-holder opening into the same and depending therefrom, in combination with an inner funnel fitting in said outer funnel, substantially as described.

3. An outer funnel, twine-holders opening into the same and having perforations, and an outlet-cylinder at the mouth of said funnel, in combination with an inner funnel fitting into said outer funnel, substantially as described.

4. An outer funnel having hooks attached to its rim, and tWin e-holders opening into said funnel and depending therefrom, in combination with an inner funnel fitting into said outer funnehsubstantially as described.

5. A funnel provided with a suspensionbail and with a cord-receiving pocket projecting from one side thereof, substantially as specified.

6. The combination, with an outer funnel having a series of depending cord-receiving pockets, the upper ends of Which are open and flush With the funnel, of an inner funnel mounted in the outer funnel and closing said openings, substantially as specified.

7. An outer funnel having hooks attached CHARLES ARMSTRONG LOWRY. Witnesses:

J NO. W. GREEN, S. G. SHIELDS. 

